Building the perfect website
Acast has been around since 2014 and is built more for publishers and advertisers than for individual website customization. The platform focuses on monetization and distribution, which makes it a solid hosting choice for shows that want access to programmatic advertising and network-level features.
As part of your hosting plan, Acast gives you a website. It is actually a little better than what some other hosts provide. You get an episodes page, an About page, and the ability to add custom links to your page. But that is roughly where the customization ends.
The About page is generated automatically from your podcast description and cannot be edited separately. In terms of design, you can change four color settings: menu background, tags, header, and button colors. You cannot change the layout, add custom pages, write blog posts, or integrate with third-party tools. And your site lives on an acast.com subdomain by default. If you want something like "mypodcast.com" rather than "acast.com/mypodcast," you need a different website platform.
Where the Acast site falls short
The Acast website is fine as a simplified podcast page. It shows your episodes, gives visitors a place to listen, and lets you add some external links. But several important features are missing.
You cannot design the site to look different from other Acast shows. There are no custom pages for things like sponsor information, resources, merch, or a proper contact page. There is no blog, which means no organic search strategy. And there is no way to connect analytics, email marketing, or social automation tools to the Acast site.
For podcasters who want to control their brand, grow through search, and build a direct relationship with their audience, the Acast website is a starting point that most shows outgrow quickly. Browse these podcast website examples to see the kind of sites Acast users have built after switching to a dedicated platform.
What Beamly adds for Acast creators
Beamly integrates with Acast and automatically imports your episodes, including the Acast embed audio player. Your RSS feed stays synced, so future episodes appear on your site without manual work.
The website itself gives you everything the Acast site does not. You get a visual drag-and-drop builder where you can design each page independently. Create unlimited custom pages, publish blog posts to attract search traffic, and structure your content for discoverability.
The audio player can be fully customized to match your brand. You can use the Acast embed player, switch to Beamly's built-in player, or enable a sticky player that keeps playing as visitors browse your site. Social sharing, speed controls, and download buttons are all configurable.
Beamly connects with tools Acast's website cannot: Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, Mailchimp, ConvertKit, Twitter for automatic episode sharing, and more. You can import podcast reviews from Apple Podcasts and Podchaser, collect new reviews on your site, set up guest intake forms, and add contact forms with subscriber capture.
Memberships, paywalls, and digital products are built in, so you can monetize your audience directly from your own domain.
How to connect Acast to Beamly
- Grab your RSS feed from your Acast account.
- Create a Beamly account and start a new site.
- Paste the RSS feed to import your episodes and choose a template.
- Customize the layout, player, pages, and navigation.
- Connect your custom domain and keep publishing through Acast.
New episodes sync automatically, and the Acast embed player imports alongside your content.
